Quintana escapes serious injury after being hit by car
SHOWS:
DIEGEM, BELGIUM (FILE - JULY 4, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
1. COLOMBIAN CYCLIST, NAIRO QUINTANA PREPARING HIS BIKE
2. QUINTANA POSING FOR PICTURE WITH HIS BIKE
3. QUINTANA ON BIKE HEADED OUT TO TRAIN WITH TEAM MATES
INTERNET (JULY 3, 2020) (TWITTER / @NairoQuinCO - MUST COURTESY @NairoQuinCO)
4. SCREENSHOT FROM QUINTANA'S TWITTER FEED READING (Spanish):
"Hello friends thank you to everyone for the encouraging messages and support. I am well, we are taking all the pertinent tests."
DIEGEM, BELGIUM (FILE - JULY 4, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
5. VARIOUS OF QUINTANA AND FELLOW RIDER, ALEJANDRO VALVERDE, SMILING AND POSING FOR PICTURES BEFORE A NEWS CONFERENCE
6. QUINTANA SPEAKING DURING NEWS CONFERENCE (NOT A SOUNDBITE)
LA ROCHE SUR YON, FRANCE (FILE - JULY 5, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
7. QUINTANA ON HIS BIKE SPEAKING TO LINE OF REPORTERS
STORY: Former Giro d'Italia winner Nairo Quintana said he had not suffered any serious injuries after being hit by a car during training in Colombia on Friday (July 3).
The 30-year-old Colombian, who won the Giro in 2014, the Vuelta in 2016 and twice finished runner-up on the Tour de France, was knocked down by a car that overtook him and his support team.
His Arkea-Samsic team feared a possible knee injury but Quintana said he had grazed his left arm and hurt his right knee and left leg.
"Thank you to everyone for the encouraging messages and support. I am well, we are taking all the pertinent tests," Quintana posted to his Twitter account along with a short video.
Quintana is scheduled to resume racing at the Tour de l'Ain on August 7.
(Production: Kurt Michael Hall)
